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ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advanced University degree in Communications, Journalism, Political Science, Information Management, Business Management, Social Sciences or other relevant field.
Experience: Three years or more of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian development.
Knowledge & Skills: Specialised knowledge of communications, information management best practices, techniques and processes with some understanding of the basic theoretical background. Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive analysis and report writing skills. Able to supervise and support more junior and/or less experienced members of the team. Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems.
Languages: International Professional/Fluency (level C) in English and Intermediate knowledge (level B) of French
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Republic of Congo (RoC)’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2019-2024 aims to support the Government in reaching the National Development Plan (2022-2026)’s goals through five Strategic Outcomes.
In contributing towards SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), strategic outcome 1 focuses on meeting the basic food and nutrition requirements of those affected by shocks through unconditional and/or conditional food and nutrition assistance. WFP assists refugees, children under 5, pregnant and lactating women, flood-affected people and vulnerable households in urban areas. Strategic outcome 2 aims to complement and support national social protection interventions through the provision of nutritious school meals to school children and technical support to the Government. This is implemented in line with the National School Feeding Policy (2016) which was developed with WFP. Through strategic outcome 3, WFP and partners enhance the resilience of local communities by strengthening the capacity of smallholder farmers and encouraging market-oriented and climate-resilient livelihoods. Working towards SDG 17 (Partnerships for Development), strategic outcome 4 and 5 focus on sharing knowledge, expertise and technology to support country efforts to achieve the SDGs. This is achieved through the provision of on-demand logistics common services for national humanitarian and development actors.
The incumbent will support the Partnerships, Reports and Communications (PRC) unit on all issues related to communications and reporting under the Head of unit’s supervision in close collaboration with the Communication & Reporting Assistant, other CO units and Sub Offices. The incumbent will be based in Brazzaville, RoC, and will be expected to travel to the field as required.
JOB PURPOSE
Contribute to advocacy and communication strategies development and implementation in support of WFP’s visions for both its development and emergency programmes – Coordinate with local and international media – print, TV, radio, web – to help elevate WFP’s brand and reputation; – Ensure the availability and readiness of all services necessary for the proper implementation of the advocacy and communication strategies. Draft terms of reference for tenders, as required; – Gather new content and produce multimedia content for use on traditional and social media platforms and printed materials, while ensuring consistency with corporate messages, branding guidelines and donor visibility requirements. This includes photos, videos, motion graphics and graphic design for printed materials. As necessary, work with WFP partners to coordinate content gathering and production of content. – Produce, update and ensure the dissemination of communication materials (visibility items for the field or events, human interest stories, press releases, Factsheets, internal monthly newsletter, infographics highlighting operational achievements…) – Design and implement the social media plan in order ensuring that digital communications reflect the diversity of activities carried out and beneficiaries assisted, in collaboration with the Communication & Reporting Assistant.
OTHERS JOB PURPOSE
– Contribute to the preparation of briefs, presentations and talking points for senior decision makers (Country Director, Regional Bureau and other key internal stakeholders) as required – Assist the Head of Unit in the preparation of the Annual Country Report (ACR) in collaboration with the Country Office Programme, Monitoring & Evaluation, Supply Chain and Resource Management functions – Assist the Head of Unit in the preparation of advocacy documents for resource mobilisation, funding proposals and donor reports by collating relevant information and data from media and local internal and external sources.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The deadline for the vacancy is 05 September 2023. Applications received after this date will not be considered. All submissions must be made online: To create an account on the WFP website use the link below http://i-recruitment.wfp.org/olcv/init.jsp To apply use the link below http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as the vacancy is advertised and before the deadline indicated in the vacancy announcement.
Note Only the preselected candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply
WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.
